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Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Peter Fenech

The advent of social media in the last decade has taken the world and its institutions by surprise. It is a new reality that we are all experiencing and learning to adapt to and work...

BA seeks intervention of minister with PBS

Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 10:22 Last update: about 14 years ago Therese Comodini Cachia

Following the news that PBS will be withdrawing its judicial claims against the Broadcasting Authority, it was reported that, to some extent, this may have been decided after the BA sought the...

Leaders, leadership and vision for Malta

Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 08:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Gejtu Vella

It was heartbreaking seeing Lawrence Gonzi, former Prime Minister and Leader of the Nationalist Party go during the same General Conference in which Simon Busuttil was elected leader of the...

Time to get serious about party financing

Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 08:23 Last update: about 13 years ago Alfred Mifsud

Following the earthquake brought about by the 9 March election, the pieces have now fallen into place, with only the election of the PN deputy leaders still awaited to complete the new political...

On perceptions and reality: The Red Plan (2)

Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 08:23 Last update: about 13 years ago Clyde Puli

It has already been argued that, with Labour, things are not always what they seem to be. If there is one thing it has mastered in its last years in Opposition, it is surely the management of public...

Marriage equality, a distorted view

Monday, 20 May 2013, 10:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Gabi Calleja

In her opinion piece entitled Same-sex marriage causes fundamental harm to society (TMIS, 12 May), C. Gwendolyn Landolt makes a number of unsubstantiated predictions on the impact the introduction of...

The promotion of the yachting industry

Monday, 20 May 2013, 08:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Edward Zammit Lewis

There is a good deal of talk about “Blue Jobs”. It is important for us to realize, and effectively utilise, the economic potential of our Mediterranean Sea. We have a tremendous resource...

Britain and utility

Sunday, 19 May 2013, 13:42 Last update: about 14 years ago Michael Asciak

It is the British who invented utilitarianism. It is the British who have invented empiricism. Both post-reformist philosophies actually follow on from each other. It was empiricism that first came up...

Convenience, not conviction

Sunday, 19 May 2013, 09:19 Last update: about 13 years ago Stephen Calleja

The first move made by new Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil, just one day after succeeding Lawrence Gonzi, was to propose having two deputy leaders instead of one.   Yet the night...

Getting literate – in English

Sunday, 19 May 2013, 09:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

The Education Minister has launched a ‘national literacy strategy’ to try to get more of us reading and writing in English and Maltese. I wish him luck. So many attempts have been made...

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